The Complete Book of Square Dancing (and Round Dancing)

Betty Casey

ISBN 10: 0385036035 / ISBN 13: 9780385036030

Published by Doubleday & Co Inc, Garden City, NY, 1976

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The Complete Book of Square Dancing (and Round Dancing) by Betty Casey. Published by Doubleday & Co Inc, Garden City, NY, 1976. 1st Signed Edition. Hardbound, no DJ. Size 4to. Condition: Nr Fine. Inscribed and dated November 1976 by the author. 192 Pgs. ISBN 0385036035. LCCN 75-40781. Whether you're a newcomer or you want to help out those newcomers, this book will lead you, literally step by step, to greater square dance enjoyment. Among the things it cues you in on: 50 basic movement + 35 more advanced ones + variations; 15 oldies by goodies - part of the American heritage; Contra and Round Dancing, polkas and reels; Calls: past and present; The equipment you need, the kind of room, the best music to use; Organizations: those in existence - world wide, how to form your own; and a bibliography with a list of other sources of material. Illustrated with step-by-step ''steps'' and black and white photographs. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 14685. Bookseller Inventory # 14685

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Title: The Complete Book of Square Dancing (and ...

Publisher: Doubleday & Co Inc, Garden City, NY

Publication Date: 1976

Binding: Hardback

Book Condition:Very Good

Signed: signed and inscribed by author

Edition: 1st edition.

Book Type: book

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Synopsis:

A comprehensive, up-to-date guide to traditional and modern square dancing includes instructions, diagrams, photographs, and calls for one hundred dances and information on every aspect of America's longest lived popular dance tradition

About the Author:

BETTY CASEY, formerly a ballroom dancing instructor, saw her first square dancing at the Cowboys' Christmas Ball in Anson, Texas. She got the bug while researching the dance so her Girl Scout troop could earn a folk dance badge.

Among the first women callers in Texas, she studied under Dr. Lloyd Pappy Shaw and Francisca Aquino and introduced square dancing to Marshall Flippo, America's foremost national caller. Hundreds of students of all ages attended her school in Abilene, Texas. She taught square dancing and studied foreign folk dancing in Asia, Europe, and Africa. She participated in folk dance cultural programs from Tangier to Hong Kong and from Manila to Munich for the U.S.O., Military Special Services, North Atlantic Girl Scout Council, Brussels World Fair, embassies and consulates, U. S. Information Services, television and movies.

Betty called for square dancing at the Brussels World's Fair and the 2nd Asian Games, and her dancers appeared on TV programs and in movies.